Prom Night at Hater High
Navigating Love's Maze: Prom Night Revelations
Lyrics
Sitting there where you buried your pets
Sitting in a place where you've buried your pets.
Get up! We'll dig graves for your invisible friends
Encouraging to move on, suggesting burying imaginary friends.
Now I can't stand to hear another thing explained
Expressing frustration at hearing more explanations, particularly about a trip to Spain and childhood pain.
Your trip to Spain
Referencing a trip to Spain.
Your childhood pain
Referencing childhood pain.
So won't you quit talking down to your girlfriend
Encouraging someone to stop condescendingly talking to their girlfriend.
Oh, I see, you're not fighting, you're flirting
Observing that the person may not be fighting but flirting.
Well I hope it's exciting
Expressing a hope that the flirting is exciting.
These kids are my age it's strange to say
Noting that certain kids are of the same age, finding it peculiar.
Look up! Every star is singing in space
Encouraging to look up at the stars that are singing in space.
But I am motionless on this tiny strip
Feeling motionless on a small strip, despite the vastness of the universe.
My conscience is clean
Asserting a clear conscience.
I can see everything
Claiming the ability to see everything.
Well, the girls meet to dish the dirt but it's them!
Girls gather to gossip, but the singer realizes it's about them, not others.
I heard their conversation it made me laugh
Overhearing a conversation that amuses the singer.
They talk about the magic man
Girls discussing a "magic man" they likely never had.
Like they ever had him
Expressing skepticism about the girls' claims.
Jet City won't let you go without a fight
Asserting that Jet City (possibly Seattle) won't release its hold without a fight.
You see the pod people on prom night
Observing peculiar behavior ("pod people") on prom night.
At Hater High
Referencing "Hater High," suggesting negativity in the high school environment.
Don't stay up late to cry
Advising not to stay up late crying.
You've got a big trip to plan
Noting a big trip to plan.
Say goodbye to your old friends
Suggesting farewells to old friends.
Say goodbye, goodbye Jet City
Saying goodbye to Jet City.
She showed up for our date five years late
Recalling someone arriving five years late for a date.
She said you're so sexy and so great
Quoting flattering words about the singer.
Aren't you gonna show me where you sing your downtown song?
Asking to be shown where the singer performs a downtown song.
I said, â??Downtown's gone! Downtown's gone!â??
Revealing that downtown is no longer a part of the singer's life.
Now my only ties to that old scene
Describing a disconnection from the old scene, now associated with negative people.
Are the same mean people in pre-owned jeans
Highlighting the persistence of negative people in second-hand clothing.
I used to love them all
Reflecting on a past love for these people, despite being hurt.
But they burned me up, goodbye.
Bidding farewell to those who caused pain.
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